MacBook Pro on Base?

Question

I just purchased a new 23" Cinema Display and was wondering if anyone using the foot of the display as also a place to put your PowerBook/MBP? Does anyone else do this? I guess its an odd question - but just wanted to see if this was a bad thing (although I can't see why it would be?)

Answer 1

No, not a mouse pad. They're usually neoprene foam, which is thermally an insulator, which is not what you are trying to accomplish. The thing I am talking about is more like those bags of gel they sell that you put in the freezer and then you can use them in place of ice in a portable ice chest. I bought one a long time ago that was specifically designed to be placed beneath a notebook computer to absorb and spread heat from it. It's really thin, like 4 or 5 mm thick. I have since looked to buy another but they seem to have disappeared from the market.
The closest thing I have seen since have been small, gel filled band-aids and sports wraps sold at drugstores. But they are usually odd shapes. There is also this thing, but it looks kind of thick:
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139635&catid=44690&aid=280302&apa ram=df5628
Ideally you just want something thin, thermally conductive and soft (so that it doesn't harm the notebook's finish). I tried to find thermally conductive silcone rubber pads. They exist but are sold as commercial goods. I couldn't find any retail sales of that material.